BigC9164

I am in contact with a guy on another forum that is selling his JK rubicon shocks for pretty cheap. They have like 5000 miles in them or something.

I now have a 3" lift and have the rough country nitro 9000 shocks. And the ride quality sucks. My question to you guys is....

Will the JK rubi shocks REALLY give me that much better of ride quality? I have driven in a rubicon JK and the ride was very planted and comfortable. But I am not sure how much of an upgrade it will be on a short arm 3" lift xj.

Could really use the advise guys!

Thanks so much!!

ericfx1984

I have a 3" RC lift with JK rubicon shocks and it rides amazing... actually better than it did stock...

93gc40

the JK shock are an upgrade over stock or basic lift kit shocks but not better than say OME or Bilstine shocks.

BigC9164

is it a better enough ride to make it worth $75? My jeep just rides worse than stock with this RC lift. And i don't know if it is the 160lb coils or the shocks or the control arms being at an angle now. if i am going to get Bilstiens in a year and a half when i need new tires?
Thanks for the help guys!

ericfx1984

$75 is kinda high for those shocks... $30-$50 is normal

CheapCherokee

X2 I only paid $40 for mine, and they ride pretty good!

BigC9164

well im getting rear BPEs too. and ill probably get him down to $60-65 including shipping

BigC9164

I think i have decided not to get the jk rubi shocks and wait untill i can find regular jk shocks so they will be softer. in the mean time i am going to try and do Bar pin eliminators all around

cdawall

still got your stock sway bar parts for the rear? free BPE's are better than paying for them

BigC9164

no i dont. it is in a trash can somewhere. I didnt even think about that when i took it off. should have spent more time on the forum before doing some mods!

01cherokeexj

can you give me the guys info? i am looking for jk rubi shocks

Xjtim

The rubi jk shocks are the same as a non rubi jk...just painted red! It's part of the rubi package. It supposed to make people think they are getting an "off road" type shock...basically to fool people. Good ole Chrysler.

ericfx1984

actually you are wrong...

JK rubicon shocks are monotube... as are any of the red ones... the black ones are not monotube... they also have a different gas charge...

as me how I know

Xjtim

Ok...tell me how, this is what I was told by a close friend on the rubi design team at Chrysler....I'm curious I would figure that they would be monotube, but it also makes sense that they are just a different color...you know how they like to play games...

ericfx1984

well for starters as I already mentioned the RED ones are monotube, the black ones are not mono tube...

also the RED ones have a higher gas charge as well

there are some noticable differences in the valving and the compression/rebound... you can feel the difference in how they ride too...

however ALL the black ones are twin tube low pressure, and the red ones are monotube high pressure

I hope that helps some